In 1994, Dan Kendra accounts for eight TDs in Becahi win over Whitehall

Curt Simmons

Contributed photo, TMC

Whitehall High School grad Curt Simmons and major league pitcher made his final appearance at Allentown's Hess Stadium in 1959, allowing seven hits and striking out three to lead the Williamsport Grays to an 8-3 win over the Allentown A-Sox.

Whitehall High School grad Curt Simmons and major league pitcher made his final appearance at Allentown's Hess Stadium in 1959, allowing seven hits and striking out three to lead the Williamsport Grays to an 8-3 win over the Allentown A-Sox. (Contributed photo, TMC)

From Call staff reports

Look back at Lehigh Valley sports in Flashback

A weekly look back at sports in the Lehigh Valley, in anniversaries of multiples of five years.

Sept. 8

1999—Three days after his abrupt resignation as the Allentown Ambassadors manager over a dispute with owner Peter Karoly, Ed Ott is named the Northern League East's manager of the year for the second straight season.

1994—Sean Forte scores three goals and assists on four others in Liberty's 12-0 boys soccer win over Phillipsburg.

Sept. 9

1994—Dan Kendra runs for 110 yards and four touchdowns and passes for 164 yards and four more scores in Bethlehem Catholic's 56-21 football win over Whitehall.

1989—In his first collegiate start, Lehigh senior quarterback Todd Brunner ties the school record with five TD passes in Lehigh's 42-7 win over Fordham. The brother of New York Giants quarterback Scott Brunner matches Marty Horn's record while completing 15 of 26 passes for 379 yards, including 302 yards and four TDs in the first half.

1979—After the two teams fight to a 1-1 draw through two overtimes, Columbus beats the Pennsylvania Stoners 6-5 on penalty kicks to win the American Soccer League's Eastern Division crown and advance to the title game. A crowd of 4,306 watch the Stoners finish their first season in the ASL under the guidance of coach Willie Ehrlich, who is named the league's coach of the year.

1974—Mario Andretti clinches the USAC national dirt-track title by finishing third in the Hoosier 100 in Indianapolis. With two races to go he is also only five points behind leader Brian Redman for the Formula 500 lead.

1959—In his final appearance at Hess Stadium, Whitehall grad and Phillies left-hander Curt Simmons allows seven hits and strikes out three to lead the Williamsport Grays to an 8-3 win over the Allentown A-Sox in the opener of their best-of-five Eastern League semifinals. Two days later the Grays complete a three-game sweep.

1999—The Lehigh Valley Steam is knocked out of the A-League soccer playoffs with a 2-1 loss to defending champion Rochester before a crowd of 8,437 at Frontier Field in Rochester.

Sept. 11

1999—David Wilson runs for 218 yards and three touchdowns and Bob Stem picks up his 200th career coaching victory in Bethlehem Catholic's 40-22 win at Harrisburg. Stem runs his record to 200-73-6 in 26 seasons, including 144-43-1 in 17 years with the Golden Hawks.

1974—Whitehall's Dave Schneck equals a major league record with 11 at-bats during the New York Mets' 4-3, 25-inning loss to St. Louis. Schneck, who has two doubles, is the fifth National League player and ninth overall with 11 at-bats in a game.

Sept. 12

1989—With the Wilson teachers on strike, and three days after playing their opener without coaches, the Warriors football players vote not to play in the upcoming non-league game with Mahanoy Area. Principal Fred Bartosh filled in for head coach Wayne Grube during the opener, a 13-6 loss to Notre Dame. The coaches return on Sept. 25 in a 20-15 win over Bangor.

1969—The first full night of the football season produces two scoreless ties, one between Dieruff and Central Catholic, the other at Cottingham Stadium between North Penn and Easton, which barely extends its unbeaten streak to 22-0-2.

1959—Before an overflow crowd of 5,000 at Whitehall, Dieruff makes its scholastic football debut in a 34-8 rout of the Zephyrs. Don Tretter scores two touchdowns, including the first in school history on a 3-yard run, and the Huskies outgain Whitehall 258-5 while holding the Zephyrs to one rushing yard and no first downs. The only Whitehall score comes on a 58-yard fumble return by Larry Smith.

1974—Ernie Keller's late sack and touchdowns by Mike Kraemer and Tom Berger lead Nazareth to a 14-7 win over Whitehall, snapping the Zephyrs' 11-game win streak.

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